Clothes-line support.



M. BUN'IN.

CLOTHES LINE SUPPORT.

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Patented J un e 13, 1916.

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MORRIS BUNIN', OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CLOTHES-LINE SUPPORT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Monnrs BUNIN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Clothes-Line Support, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. Among the principal objects which the present invention has in view are: to provide means for drawing the receiving end of a clothes-line opposite a window opening during the period when clothes are being placed on the line or taken therefrom; to provide a fixture whereby the line may be disposed as above set forth temporarily, to be returned to its normal or service position outside of the window and removed from the path of the sashes of the window; to provide means for moving the end of the line in the manner described; and to provide means for supporting the temporary fixture during the periods of loading and unloading the line. Drawings.Fi-gure 1 is an interior view of a portion of a window frame, showing the support such as herein described in service relation thereto; Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken as on the line 22 in Fig. 1 ;'Fig. 3 is a detail View in perspective and on an enlarged scale, of the outer end of the support and the permanent housing for the clothes-line fixture; Fig. 4 is a detail view in perspective and on an enlarged scale, of the inner end of the support; Fig. 5 is a detail view in perspective and on an enlarged scale, of the sliding block and pulley for supporting the inner end of the clothes-line.

Description. Heretofore clothes lines have been constructed and arranged so that the inner end of a continuous belt line has been supported adjacent and exterior to a window opening. This has necessitated that the laundress in placing the clothes on the line or in removing the same therefrom, must lean out the window in danger of falling. It has also been required in crowded buildings that the fixture which holds the inner end of the clothes-line shall be at one side of the window and not in line with the center thereof. This requirement has grown out of the objection to the interference with the light required in the windows below that where the line is disposed. This latter requirement has the further objection that the laundress must now not only lean partially out the window, but must further twist the Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 8, 1916. Serial No. 89,830.

body in order to place the.clothes'on the line or take them therefrom. The abovestated objections have been overcome by the employment of a supporting bracket having a brace leg 10 and a track leg 11. The bracket is used temporarily and in conjunction with a permanent housing 12 at the outside of the building wall and at one side of the window opening 13. The bracket is also used in conjunction with a collapsing casing 14. The brace leg 10 is provided with a slot 15, which in service extends over a pin 16 in the casing 14. When the bracket is lifted to the horizontal position, a hole 17 therein registers with a corresponding hole in the casing 14, through which may be passed a latch pin 18. The leg 11 has an elongated slot, the outer end of which is open, to match the slot 20 in the housing 12, and to form a runway which fits the shank 21 of a bracket extended from the slide plate 22 to support the pulley 23. i

The clothes-line 24 is of the endless variety and is supported by a pulley or other conventional means distantly located fromthe housing 12. The clothes-line 24 is supported at the casing 12 by the pulley 23.

When'it is desired to load the line with the clothes to be dried, or to unloadthe same, the pulley 23 and slide plate 22 are moved to the angle of the supporting bracket or adjacent the junction of the brace leg 10 and track leg 11. To move the plate 22 and pul ley 23 carried thereby to the above-mentioned position, there are provided a cable 25 and a guide pulley 26. The pulley 26 is at the angle of the brace leg 10 and track leg 11. One end of the cable 25 is furnished with a hook 27 which, when required, may be engaged with an eyelet 34 on the shank 21 supporting the pulley 23. The opposite end of the cable 25 is wound on a windlass 28, which is rotatively mounted in bearings in the casing 14.

The Windlass 28 is revoluble by means of a crank handle 29, and is held against retraction by a ratchet 30 and pawl 31. The housing 12, as above indicated, is permanently disposed at the outside of the building beside one of the window openings. In the present construction, it is supported by a bracket 32. The bracket 32 may be elongated, if desired, thereby permitting the normal disposition or service arrangement of the line 24 between adjacent windows.

0peration.-Normally the plate 22 with its pulley 23, reposes in the housing 12 whether the line 24 is loaded with clothes drying or is empty. During what may be termed the normal period, the supporting bracketand cable 25 are disconnected from the housing 12 and the eyelet 34. The bracket is also disconnected from the casing 14, this being accomplished by removing the latch pin 18 and lifting the press leg '10, so that the slot 15therein becomes disengaged from the pin 16. The Windlass 28 is normally moved to wind the cable 25 fully thereon. It is obvious that in this position, the window sash may be raised and lowered without interference. When now it is desired to spread the clothes on the line 24, the laundress raises the upper sash of the window and places the supporting bracket in position. To do this, the ends ofthe track leg 11 are first inserted in the housing 12, the ends of said track leg engaging abutments 33 in said housing. Simultaneous with the adjustment of outer end of the track leg, the inner end of the brace leg 10 is lifted and disposed over the pin 16, so that the slot 15 engages the same. The whole is now fastened securely in service position, by inserting the latch pin 18. After adjusting the supporting bracket in service position, the cable 25 is adjusted so that it rests on the pulley 26 to be guided thereby. The laundress now manipulates the handle 29 to rotate the Windlass 28 to draw in the cable 25. The plate 22 and pulley 23 are now moved by means of the cable 25 and Windlass 28 until the said plate is held adjacent the junction of the legs 10 and 11 within the room having the window 13, and substantially in the center of the window opening. The pulley 23 is held in this position by the pawl 31 and ratchet 30. It is obvious that when the line 24 is so disposed, the laundress is in no danger of injury by falling from the window, because clothes may be placed upon the line while in the room, or at least, within the embrasure of the window. As the clothes are placed onthe line 24, the line is manipulated to carry the clothes out across the space where they are to dry. When the line is completely loaded or the wash has been entirely spread, the laundress again manipulates the handle 29 to relieve the pressure on the pawl 31, so that the same may be thrown out of engagement with the ratchet 30. The laundress then permits the weight of the clothes to move the plate 22 and pulley 23 thereon along the slot 19 in the track leg 11, until the plate 22 rests within the housing 12. The hook 27 is disengaged from the eyelet 34 and the cable 25 is wound on the Windlass 28. The latch pin 18 is removed from engagement with the hole 17 and the bracket support is lifted from engagement with both the housing 12 and the casing 14. The window sash may now be closed. When it is desired to collect the clothes, the operation above described is performed to draw the end of the line 24 within the room and adjacent the junction angle of the legs 10 and 11.

Claims:

1. A clothes-line support comprising a movable pulley plate; a permanent housing for said plate; a temporary supporting bracket adapted for attachment to said housing for guiding said plate when the same is drawn from said housing; means for mounting said bracket to dispose a portion thereof opposite the window opening of a standing structure; and means temporarily attachable to said plate for moving the same on said bracket.

2. A clothes-line support comprising a movable pulley plate; a permanent housing for said plate; a temporary supporting bracket adapted for attachment to said housing for guiding said plate when said plate is drawn from said housing; means for mounting said bracket for disposing a portion thereof opposite a window opening of a standing structure; and means temporarily attachable to said plate for moving the same on said bracket, said means embodying a cable, a Windlass for said cable permanently mounted on the standing structure adjacent said window opening, and a guide member disposed on said bracket adjacent the center of said window opening.

3. A clothes-line support comprising a movable plate; an open-ended housing for permanently supporting said plate; a bracket supporting said housing in service relation; a Windlass; a casing therefor, said casing being permanently disposed on a standing structure adjacent the window opening therein; an angular bracket for temporary connection with said housing and said casing; and a cable operatively connected with said Windlass and adapted for temporary connection with said plate, said cable being guided by said bracket to draw said plate lengthwise of one side of said bracket.

4. A clothes-line support comprising a movable plate; an open-ended housing for permanently supporting said plate; a bracket supporting said housing in service relation; a Windlass; a casing therefor, said casing being permanently disposed on a standing structure adjacent the window opening therein; an angular bracket for temporary connection with said housing and said casing; a cable operatively connected with said Windlass and adapted for temporary con nection with said plate, said cable being guided by said bracket to draw said plate lengthwise of one side of said bracket; and a pulley mounted at the junction of the sides of said bracket for guiding said cable.

5. A clothes-line support comprising a movable plate; an open-ended housing for permanently supporting said plate; a bracket supporting said housing in service relation; a Windlass; a casing therefor, said casing being permanently disposed on a standing structure adjacent the window opening therein; an angular bracket, one side whereof has an end-opening slot for forming a track for said plate, said slot registering with the open end of said housing; and a cable operatively connected with said Windlass and adapted for temporary connection with said plate, said cable being guided by said bracket to draw said plate len hwise of one side of said bracket.

6. A clothes-line support comprising a movable plate; an open-ended housing for permanently supporting said plate; a bracket supporting said housing in service relation; a Windlass; a casing therefor, said casing being permanently disposed on a standing structure adjacent the window opening therein; an angular bracket, one side whereof has an end-opening slot for forming ,a track for said plate, said slot registering with the open end of said housing, one of the sides of said bracket having means for engaging said casing for support thereby; and a cable operatively connected with said Windlass and adapted for temporary connection with said plate, said cable being guided by said bracket to draw said plate lengthwise of one side of said bracket.

In testimony whereof have signed my name to this specification 1n the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MORRIS BUNIN.

Witnesses:

E. F. MURDooK, PHILIP D. ROLLHAUS.

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